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CONTACT:
Melinda Medlin or Meredith Boyd
Thompson & Baker
(901) 527-8000
MEDIA ADVISORY
Peabody Place
Museum and Gallery Opens to Media and Public on October
15, Featuring
the Acclaimed Belz Collection of Chinese Art
Memphis, Tenn. (October 4, 1998) -- The Peabody Place
Museum and Gallery's exquisite Chinese art treasures from
the Manchu Dynasty will be unveiled for the media and
public during an opening press conference at
10:30 a.m., Thursday, October 15, in the Pembroke
Building (119 Main Street). The press
conference will open the Peabody Place Museum and
Gallery.
Beginning October 15, the museum will
be open to the public 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday
through Friday; noon to 5:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday.
The museum features extraordinary
works of Chinese art from the private collection of Jack
and Marilyn Belz. Mr. Belz is chairman and chief
executive officer of Belz Enterprises, a leading
innovator in real estate development with interests
throughout the South and much of the country.
The museum features one of the most
extensive collections in the country from the artistic
legacy of the Manchu's Qing (Ch'ing) Dynasty, which
reigned from 1644 to the revolution of 1911. Artists of
the last great ancient Chinese dynasty created some of
the most beautiful treasures in the world. After the
Manchu Dynasty's fall, many of these creations were
scattered and lost. Rare examples of this artistry in
jade, other precious stones, ivory, porcelain and
cloisonné along with furnishings, fabrics, scrolls and
other artistic objects will be displayed in the Peabody
Place Museum and Gallery.
Two of the most magnificent pieces are
the Temple Shizi Guardian Lions or "Foo Dogs."
The cloisonné "Foo Dogs" tower almost six feet
tall and once stood watch over the Forbidden City in
Beijing.
For more information on the
October 15 press conference and the museum, please
contact Melinda Medlin or Meredith Boyd, 901.527.8000.
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